Welcome to Cramer's EdL 325 (205/325 integrated section) Instructional Technology Course Wiki
I'm passionate about learning, teaching, working with students, technology, and creating learning experiences that are engaging for both students and teachers. The past was fine, for "back then", but the future is where we need to set our sights. YOU will be the one to shape the future. What do you think it will/should look like?
Follow the Syllabus link for all the official syllabus information.
Follow the Daily Calendar below for what we are doing in class each day.
Follow the Assignment Checklist for due dates.
If you need to meet with me outside of class hours, I'm typically on campus daily 8-4:30. Stop by my office D337 or shoot me an email (cramer@uwosh.edu).
EdL 325 Sp 2014 Cramer.pdf
EdL 325 Sp 2014 Cramer.pdf
(for your convenience Calendar is on one side, Assignment Checklist on the other)
Your class is scheduled to meet on either Tuesday night OR Tuesday/Thursday. If you can't make one session, perhaps you can make the other. You are welcome to attend either or both. You can also work in the lab while the other group is in session
Tue/Thur = Elementary Language Arts Learning Community
Tue nights = Early Childhood Learning Community (plus a few others)
On the left you will find a long list of pages full of resources and the assignments we will be completing this semester. Please explore them to see what is there. This is a class to explore, discover and create. Push yourself to go beyond what you already know. Propose alternative activities if all appears to be what you already know. Technology offers so many options that there is something for everyone. Lastly, have fun learning!
Susan_Cramer_cropped.jpg
A few words about our course....
This course is designed as a project based course. I have two main goals I need to see you demonstrate. They are:
1. You are able to use technology (so you will be making sample projects)
2. You can plan for student use of technology in your classroom (so you will be planning technology rich instruction)
Together these two goals should help ensure you are set for today and tomorrow's classrooms.
Everyone enters a new course with widely varying knowledge, skills and abilities. When one adds technology to the mix, it seems that the gap gets even wider. Some of you are already fluent in some areas of technology, others less so. Either way, be sure to push yourself so that you can grow. When figuring on how much time to allocate to class, university time expectations still hold -- for each credit hour per weekexpect to spend two hours outside of class plus one hour in class for a total of 3 hours per credit per week. (If you are uncomfortable with technology, it will take longer until you build your fluency.) I am setting due dates to help you keep yourself on track. Please feel free to work ahead. However, I understand some procrastinators just can't get going without a deadline staring them in the face. So, I'm setting deadlines. Please adhere to them.
Because this is a project based course, you will have a wide latitude in the hardware and software you use. In all instances the apps and Web 2.0 tools suggested are only suggestions. You are always welcome to find an alternative that works better for you. In fact, iPads and Mobile Devices and Interactive Whiteboards are two of the hottest tool categories in today's classrooms. You are most likely carrying a mobile devise in your pocket (your smart phone). You may also have an iPad or tablet or a Google Chromebook or other devise with you or you may have one or more at home or in a classroom where you work. This is great! I am going to encourage you to use them this semester. The same goes for Interactive Whiteboards (SmartBoards). Unfortunately, our classroom has none of this equipment :( So, you are going to have to push yourself to gain familiarity with them. To practice using a SmartBoard, go to Polk Library and reserve/use the SmartBoard room on the 3rd floor. It's there just for you!!! Check out the key at the circulation desk. To access an iPad talk to me, we have some in the college. I can check them out for a class period. Polk Library also has iPads, Google Chromebooks, IPod Touch's, cameras and more for you to check out for a week at a time. Or, borrow one from someone you know. You won't want to go to student teaching or a job interview without familiarity with these tools. It's up to you here... create instructional plans that incorporate their use.
A quick note on grading. Because this is a project based course your grades will be based on projects, not how much time you spend. You will display these projects on a course wiki (or another platform of your choice). Information will either be present and working (when I click on a link or item it should work) or not (full credit if present and working, no credit if not). Complete all projects, earn a B. (If you can't stand sampling so many different apps/Web 2.0 tools, propose a comparable alternative.) To earn an A, go above and beyond. How you go above and beyond is entirely up to you. Be more creative, and/or create more technology activities and samples, and/or work with a teacher and his/her students, and/or work with a UW Oshkosh faculty member as a tech mentor/tutor, and/or ?????. Create a page in your wiki documenting and telling how you have gone above and beyond. Go ahead, do it, challenge yourself, make this work real!
Some of you want to work with partners, others don't. Again, the choice is up to you. I simply need to see you demonstrate that you know how to use technology and plan for its use in your classroom. Figure out how this course will best meet your needs then share your ideas with me. I'm flexible. Creativity is our biggest hurdle.
Now it's time to start building a shared mental model of what technology rich learning might look like. We are preparing for classrooms of today and tomorrow, not yesterday. You will be part of creating that future and it starts now.
Spring 2014 -- Tentative Calendar
Week of Feb-4
Welcome, Building a Framework for Technology Rich Learning, Wikis
We will be exploring the following materials in class on day one. If you wish to review them before class, go ahead.
(optional) Join a professional learning community focusing on your grade/age level or interest EdWeb.net ,
Obtain wiki address
Create wiki (homepage, Unit/Lesson page, Above and Beyond page),
email wiki address to me (cramer@uwosh.edu) -- Due Feb 10, 8 am
(optional) All students, faculty, and staff now have access to Lynda, an online subscription library that teaches the latest software tools and skills through high-quality instructional videos taught by recognized industry experts. By visiting uwosh.edu/lynda, the campus community can access more than 1,400 training videos on a broad range of subjects, including business skills, photography, design, music and video, home computing, animation, and web design and development. New courses are added every week.
Homework to be completed before class next week:
Review ideas and articles from above resources (what are people expecting of technology in schools?)
Be sure you have emailed me the link to your wiki.
On Unit/Lesson wiki page identify what you would most like to teach (age/grade level, content area) and several lesson/unit ideas that you would like to develop as "tech rich" (ie 4th grade science/health unit on Being Healthy - nutrition and exercise focus, OR K/1 social studies Our Community, OR 7th geometry Angles and Angle Pairs) Hint: Select topics you know something about, we want to focus on technology not your mastery of content.
Also on Unit/Lesson page, above your unit/lesson ideas, create the first of your Tech Thoughts entries (2-4 paragraphs) discussing:
What I believe learning, teaching and classrooms should look and feel like.
What should students and teachers be doing (in the classroom or while learning).
Technology's role, function, purpose, and frequency of use in your classroom.
Read Robin Williams' design principles book for Feb 18 class meeting.
Williams, R. (any edition). The Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice. Peachpit Press.
Print off Checklist of Assignments so you can keep track of due dates and assignments.
Photos and More -- Photos, Photo Editing, Avitars, Still Graphics with Audio Tracks
(click on link above for class details and assignments)
(due Feb 17, 8 am)
Read Robin Williams' design principles book, bring book to class next week
This is the last time I'm going to tell you what homework is due, use your Checklist of Assignments for due dates, complete each wiki page as we explore the topics.
Creating Instructional Videos
Reminder, Tech Thoughts entry 2 (tell how your thinking has changed since entry one, 1-3 paragraphs), due next week
(due March 3, 8 am)
Welcome to Cramer's EdL 325 (205/325 integrated section) Instructional Technology Course Wiki
I'm passionate about learning, teaching, working with students, technology, and creating learning experiences that are engaging for both students and teachers. The past was fine, for "back then", but the future is where we need to set our sights. YOU will be the one to shape the future. What do you think it will/should look like?
(for your convenience Calendar is on one side, Assignment Checklist on the other)
Your class is scheduled to meet on either Tuesday night OR Tuesday/Thursday. If you can't make one session, perhaps you can make the other. You are welcome to attend either or both. You can also work in the lab while the other group is in session
Tue/Thur = Elementary Language Arts Learning Community
Tue nights = Early Childhood Learning Community (plus a few others)
On the left you will find a long list of pages full of resources and the assignments we will be completing this semester. Please explore them to see what is there. This is a class to explore, discover and create. Push yourself to go beyond what you already know. Propose alternative activities if all appears to be what you already know. Technology offers so many options that there is something for everyone. Lastly, have fun learning!
This course is designed as a project based course. I have two main goals I need to see you demonstrate. They are:
1. You are able to use technology (so you will be making sample projects)
2. You can plan for student use of technology in your classroom (so you will be planning technology rich instruction)
Together these two goals should help ensure you are set for today and tomorrow's classrooms.
Everyone enters a new course with widely varying knowledge, skills and abilities. When one adds technology to the mix, it seems that the gap gets even wider. Some of you are already fluent in some areas of technology, others less so. Either way, be sure to push yourself so that you can grow. When figuring on how much time to allocate to class, university time expectations still hold -- for each credit hour per week expect to spend two hours outside of class plus one hour in class for a total of 3 hours per credit per week. (If you are uncomfortable with technology, it will take longer until you build your fluency.) I am setting due dates to help you keep yourself on track. Please feel free to work ahead. However, I understand some procrastinators just can't get going without a deadline staring them in the face. So, I'm setting deadlines. Please adhere to them.
Because this is a project based course, you will have a wide latitude in the hardware and software you use. In all instances the apps and Web 2.0 tools suggested are only suggestions. You are always welcome to find an alternative that works better for you. In fact, iPads and Mobile Devices and Interactive Whiteboards are two of the hottest tool categories in today's classrooms. You are most likely carrying a mobile devise in your pocket (your smart phone). You may also have an iPad or tablet or a Google Chromebook or other devise with you or you may have one or more at home or in a classroom where you work. This is great! I am going to encourage you to use them this semester. The same goes for Interactive Whiteboards (SmartBoards). Unfortunately, our classroom has none of this equipment :( So, you are going to have to push yourself to gain familiarity with them. To practice using a SmartBoard, go to Polk Library and reserve/use the SmartBoard room on the 3rd floor. It's there just for you!!! Check out the key at the circulation desk. To access an iPad talk to me, we have some in the college. I can check them out for a class period. Polk Library also has iPads, Google Chromebooks, IPod Touch's, cameras and more for you to check out for a week at a time. Or, borrow one from someone you know. You won't want to go to student teaching or a job interview without familiarity with these tools. It's up to you here... create instructional plans that incorporate their use.
A quick note on grading. Because this is a project based course your grades will be based on projects, not how much time you spend. You will display these projects on a course wiki (or another platform of your choice). Information will either be present and working (when I click on a link or item it should work) or not (full credit if present and working, no credit if not). Complete all projects, earn a B. (If you can't stand sampling so many different apps/Web 2.0 tools, propose a comparable alternative.) To earn an A, go above and beyond. How you go above and beyond is entirely up to you. Be more creative, and/or create more technology activities and samples, and/or work with a teacher and his/her students, and/or work with a UW Oshkosh faculty member as a tech mentor/tutor, and/or ?????. Create a page in your wiki documenting and telling how you have gone above and beyond. Go ahead, do it, challenge yourself, make this work real!
Some of you want to work with partners, others don't. Again, the choice is up to you. I simply need to see you demonstrate that you know how to use technology and plan for its use in your classroom. Figure out how this course will best meet your needs then share your ideas with me. I'm flexible. Creativity is our biggest hurdle.
Now it's time to start building a shared mental model of what technology rich learning might look like. We are preparing for classrooms of today and tomorrow, not yesterday. You will be part of creating that future and it starts now.
Spring 2014 -- Tentative Calendar
We will be exploring the following materials in class on day one. If you wish to review them before class, go ahead.
EdWeb.net ,
Create wiki (homepage, Unit/Lesson page, Above and Beyond page),
email wiki address to me (cramer@uwosh.edu) -- Due Feb 10, 8 am
Homework to be completed before class next week:
- Review ideas and articles from above resources (what are people expecting of technology in schools?)
- Be sure you have emailed me the link to your wiki.
- On Unit/Lesson wiki page identify what you would most like to teach (age/grade level, content area) and several lesson/unit ideas that you would like to develop as "tech rich" (ie 4th grade science/health unit on Being Healthy - nutrition and exercise focus, OR K/1 social studies Our Community, OR 7th geometry Angles and Angle Pairs)
- Also on Unit/Lesson page, above your unit/lesson ideas, create the first of your Tech Thoughts entries (2-4 paragraphs) discussing:
- Read Robin Williams' design principles book for Feb 18 class meeting.
- Print off Checklist of Assignments so you can keep track of due dates and assignments.
EdL 325 Sp 2014 Cramer.pdf
EdL 325 Sp 2014 Cramer.pdf
.Hint: Select topics you know something about, we want to focus on technology not your mastery of content.
What I believe learning, teaching and classrooms should look and feel like.
What should students and teachers be doing (in the classroom or while learning).
Technology's role, function, purpose, and frequency of use in your classroom.
Williams, R. (any edition). The Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice. Peachpit Press.
(click on link above for class details and assignments)
(due Feb 17, 8 am)
(extra -- Congress has decided to promote apps by kids. It's a contest. Check it out.)
(2 extras -- Snow Days Turn Into E-Learning Days for Some Schools, DAILY INSIGHT: This ain't your 1970's snow day)
(another extra -- Using Online and Blended Learning To Help Students Design Their Educational Experience -- "in 2000 there were 45,000 K-12 courses delivered online, the number jumped to more than 3 million in 2009. "It's being estimated," said young, "that by 2019, more than 50 percent of all high school courses will be delivered online." Young does not challenge those claims, saying, "Once kids and families have gotten a taste of this kind of learning, they don't want to go back."")
Homework to be completed before class next week:
- Complete Photos and More assignments
- Read Robin Williams' design principles book, bring book to class next week
- This is the last time I'm going to tell you what homework is due, use your Checklist of Assignments for due dates, complete each wiki page as we explore the topics.
.(due March 3, 8 am)
Reminder, Tech Thoughts entry 2 (tell how your thinking has changed since entry one, 1-3 paragraphs), due next week
(due March 3, 8 am)
Interactive Whiteboards (SmartBoards) -- (due March 30, 8 am)
Communication Tools (Skype) -- (due March 30, 8 am)
View Computational Thinking: A Digital Age Skill
View and discuss Shift Happens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q
(Thur class -- work time, Dr C will be presenting at a conference)
(due March 30, 8 am)
(due March 30, 8 am)
(Thur class -- work time, if you leave for spring break early it's okay)
Reminder,Tech Thoughts entry 3 (tell how your thinking has changed since entry two, 1-3 paragraphs), due next week
(due April 21, 8 am)
(due April 21, 8 am)
(due May 13, class time)
(due May 13, class time)
(due May 13, class time)
Reminder,Tech Thoughts entry 4 (tell what you now believe, 1-3 paragraphs), due next week
(Good eyes! Yes, this is the third time I placed this file on this page. It's important.)
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